Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist who falsely claimed to be Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, has been sentenced to 12 months in jail, suspended for two years, for contempt of court.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Craig Wright arrives at the High Court in London on Feb. 5. (Daniel Leal—AFP/Getty Images) A U.K. judge ruled that Craig Wright ...

An Australian computer scientist who falsely claimed he invented bitcoin was sentenced for contempt of court on Thursday for bringing a 911 billion-pound ($1.2 trillion) lawsuit against Twitter ...

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Craig Wright, who falsely claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of bitcoin, was found to be in contempt of court and handed a 12-month jail sentence after starting a legal claim for ...

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Craig Wright, the computer scientist ruled to have lied “extensively and repeatedly” about being the inventor of Bitcoin, has been given a one-year prison sentence by a UK judge after being found in ...

A U.K. judge ruled that Craig Wright violated a court order that required him to stop claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto, a pseudonym for the mysterious creator of Bitcoin, and taking related legal ...